Languishing 14th and then 21st at the start of the last two MotoGPs, Francesco Bagnaia kicked off his home Misano weekend with a competitive fourth on the Friday practice timesheets at Misano.<\/p>\n
After back-to-back weekends disrupted by major set-up changes – a radical setting at Balaton Park, then returning to a standard set-up at Barcelona – Bagnaia <\/a>\u201cdecided not to change anything on the bike today\u201d.<\/p>\n So what made the difference?<\/p>\n \u201cGrip,\u201d said Bagnaia. \u201cThe fact that I can brake super hard, the rear is helping me to stop. And when I enter the corner, I don’t feel that the rear is shaking or making movement.<\/p>\n \u201cSo for me, more stability and more support from the rear is fundamental, and I’m super happy with it.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n He added: \u201cThe grip here is fantastic. I think whoever made this asphalt needs to do a masterclass to all the others!<\/p>\n \u201cThis asphalt is from 2020 and it’s incredible how the grip is. I was able to feel more things about my bike, so super good.<\/p>\n \u201cI just decided not to change anything on the bike today, because every time we are always changing many things, and things are always the same.<\/p>\n \u201cSo we decided to not touch anything, just make laps.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the afternoon we just changed the front tyre, put the medium and did little details during the session and it was better in corner entry.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Bagnaia – seeking to end a four-round podium drought that has even garnered sympathy from title-leading Ducati <\/a>team-mate Marc Marquez<\/a> – also continued using the \u2018shorter\u2019 Ohlins front fork.<\/p>\n \u201cI already used it in Barcelona and I think to stop the bike and corner entry, less transfer is better for me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n